Born in Oregon, the United States, in 1953. Received a B.A. in communication from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the graduate school of human sciences, Osaka University. He is currently teaching as a professor in the faculty of sport sciences at Waseda University while serving as president of the Japan Society of Sport Sociology.
His publications include Japanese Sports: A History (coauthored with Allen Guttmann, University of Hawaii Press, 2001) and “The Long Association Between Sports and the Media: Meiji-era newspapers and the Development of the Championship System in Japanese Sumo” (Japan Society of Sport Sociology, ed., Sport Sociology in the 21st Century, Tokyo: Soubun Kikaku, 2013).
His publications include Japanese Sports: A History (coauthored with Allen Guttmann, University of Hawaii Press, 2001) and “The Long Association Between Sports and the Media: Meiji-era newspapers and the Development of the Championship System in Japanese Sumo” (Japan Society of Sport Sociology, ed., Sport Sociology in the 21st Century, Tokyo: Soubun Kikaku, 2013).
